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Supreme Court Justice Neil M. Gorsuch to deliver keynote address at 2019 AJEI Summit
A conversation with Justice John Paul Stevens
The late Supreme Court Associate Justice John Paul Stevens shared stories and insights from his 40-year career on the bench with Dean David F. Levi, now director of the Bolch Judicial Institute, during a visit to Duke Law School on May 12, 2012. Justice Stevens was...
Read the summer 2019 newsletter
Our summer 2019 newsletter is here! See what's happening at the Bolch Judicial Institute, and click subscribe below to receive future updates.
Discovery-Proportionality Conference considers revisions to 2015 Guidelines
The Bolch Judicial Institute held a conference in Washington, D.C., on June 20-21, 2019, to evaluate the 2015 Rule 26 Discovery-Proportionality amendments and progress toward implementing changes laid out in the amendments. Over 130 participants, including lawyers,...
Master of Judicial Studies class finishes second semester at Duke Law School
he Master of Judicial Studies class of 2020 finished their second semester at Duke Law School, marking the completion of the coursework component of the LLM degree. The class of 21 judges spent four weeks in residence at Duke from late May to early...
Director David F. Levi appears in PBS documentary
The American Law Institute (ALI) was selected and profiled for Visionaries, a documentary series that highlights the stories of nonprofit organizations working to make a positive difference in their communities and around the world. David F. Levi, president of the...
Learning from the Best: Duke Law students excel in constitutional law seminar with Justice Alito and Professor Levi
iscussing constitutional law with a Supreme Court justice is a law student’s dream — and for some lucky third-year Duke Law students, that dream was their spring break reality. From March 11 to 15 this year, 15 students learned from the best:...
Director David F. Levi to co-teach course with Sen. Mike Lee, Dana Remus at Duke D.C. Summer Institute
LLM thesis papers give Duke Law journal a view from inside the judiciary
uke’s oldest law journal, Law & Contemporary Problems, has published several thesis papers written by judges who are graduates of the Bolch Judicial Institute's Master of Judicial Studies program. The papers comprise a special edition of the...
Federal judges attend law and technology course at Duke University
early 50 federal judges from across the country attended a survey course geared toward helping judges understand and anticipate the ways in which cutting-edge technologies are currently affecting — and likely to affect — the legal world. The...
EDRM’s Spring 2019 Workshop/Forum examines challenging issues of e-discovery and technology
The spring 2019 EDRM workshop/forum, held at Duke University Law School on May 15-17, 2019, examined issues and challenges involving e-discovery and technology, including GDPR compliance, TAR guidelines, and proportionality. Over the course of the workshop, 54...
Upcoming Events
Star Rule of Law Series
Panel discussion: Attacks on Judges: What Can We Do?
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Bolch Prize 2025: Honoring Justice Jillani
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